High performance structures and materials IV / editors, W.P. Wilde and C.A. Brebbia.

CONTENTS

SECTION I: Material characterization
1: Small volume mechanical response insights: revealed contributions in advancing high mechanical performances
2: Viscoelastic modelling of regular cross-ply polymer-matrix laminates
3: Homogenization of regular cross-ply polymer-matrix laminates
4: Two-step homogenization of asphalt mixtures
Etc.

SECTION 2: High performance concretes
1: From high strength and high performance concrete to high performance RC bending elements
2: Behavior and design of HSC members subjected to flexure
3: Bending resistance of high performing concrete elements
Etc.

SECTION 3: Composite materials and structures
1: Cost optimization of composite floors
2: Non-linear Hashin-Shtrikman bounds for hereditary problems
3: Effect of post-cure condition on interfacial properties of glass fiber/vinylester composites
Etc.

SECTION: Natural fibre composites
1: Effects of plasma treatment on the mechanical properties of natural fiber/pp composites
2: Flexural properties of all bamboo ''Green'' composites
3: Thermal characteristics of PLA-bamboo composites
Etc.

SECTION 6: Damage and fracture mechanics
1: Fatigue damage accumulation in CFRP
2: Fatigue lifetime prediction methodology of rubber components
3: Interlaminar crack initiation and growth under modes 1 and 11 in a carbon-fibre epoxy composite subjected to fatigue
Etc.

SECTION 7: Structural dynamics and impact behaviour
1: Design of a new high energy rear under run protective devices
2: Failure mechanism of shear-wall dominant multi-story building s
3: Performance of mixed ordinary and strength steel reinforced concrete frames against earthquakes
Etc.

SECTION: 8 Optimal Design
1: Optimization at the conceptual design stage with morphological indicators: design for strength or design for stiffness?
2: Structural optimization of conceptual aerospace vehicles
3: Variable-state design parameters in the design of aero-structures made of intrinsically smart materials
Etc.

SECTION: 9 Behaviour of FRP structures
1: Waving behaviour of fatigue stress fluctuation in shrink-fit assemblies using 3D finite elements
2: Mechanical properties of CFRP pressure vessels and identification of equivalent elastic moduli of CFRPs
3: Probabilistic design of FRP strengthening of concrete structures

SECTION: 10 Structural Characterization
1: Structural studies of snx-sb15-se85-x chalcogenide glasses
2: Non-destructive investigation of structural elements of ''Altes Museum'' in Berlin
3: On two interesting industrial prestressed concrete buildings in the Alto Vicentino (1958-1962)

Includes bibliographical references (p.544) and index (p.545-546)